South Middle School

South Middle School

Information

  • South Middle School
    Office Hours
    7:30am - 4:00pm
      
    2734 Louisiana Street
    Lawrence, KS 66046
     
    Phone: (785) 832-5450
    Fax: (785) 832-5453
    Keith Jones  
     
    Principal: Dr. Keith Jones
    Assistant Principal: Mrs. Anita Carlson 
     
    Visit us on Twitter!
    @SouthMSCougars 
     
     

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Our Mission

  • South Middle School will empower our learning community to think intensively and critically; we will cultivate intellect with character to develop 21st century learners.

Principal's Welcome

  • What makes South Middle School unique? It's the warm educational climate, where students come first and our teachers focus on 21st century educational skills, emphasizing technology integration and active learning as primary forms of engagement. Our staff understands the social and development needs of young adolescents and the importance of our equity work to meet the needs of all students. With this in mind we promote positive social interaction, school spirit, and a persistence in rigorous and culturally relevant instruction. We thank you for sharing your child with us, and I encourage you to contact me with questions or suggestions at any time.
     
    Respectfully,
    Keith Jones, Ed.D.

News and Daily Announcements

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    Announcements
     
     
    Key Dates to Remember:
    August 16th- 6th graders only (8-11:15a.m.) 
    August 17th- All students (Entire Day)
    August 21st- Ipad Rollout (The 7th and 8th grade students will receive their devices during the day. The 6th grade students will have a rollout workshop in the evening from 5p.m.-7p.m.) Since this is the first time for 6th grade students to have a device we thought it would be great to have some workshops available to answer questions for parents, help student get signed on, and make sure we communicate to parents and students the expecations with the new device.) 
    For information about instrumental rental night (August 23, Wednesday), please go to the
    following link:  https://www.usd497.org/cms/lib/KS01906981/Centricity/Domain/6356/USD497RecommendedMusicSupplyVendors2.pdf
    August 29th- Back to School Night (5p.m.-7p.m.) 
     
     
     
     
  • Current information regarding enrollment can be found by clicking this link.

Resources

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    As part of the district’s Equity Goal relating to access to technology at school and home, we are now offering ALL students and their parents Family Access to School Technology (FAST) at two middle school locations, LMCMS and SMS, on designated evenings.
     
    Please share the attached information in your upcoming newsletters and other parent communications and ask your Website Managers to add this link to your websites: Family Access to School Technology    (https://www.usd497.org/technologyaccess)
     
     
     
     
    Counselors:  Mrs. Kristen Kircher (Last names A-K)   Mr. Marc Conover (Last names L-Z)      
     
     
    Cougar Parent Organization - Parents are always welcome!
     
     
     
    Bully Hotline:
    785-330-4321  
    Paw  
     

ESOL Information

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    Information about ESOL can be found by clicking on this picture:

    ESOL

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